Personal Info
Birth date
1910-11-28 (114 Years)
Day of death
1974-08-19
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Also known as
Russell Gordon Napier
Russell Napier
Biography
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the screen, from 1947 to 1974, playing both comedic and dramatic roles in both cinema and television. Notably, he starred in a liveBBC television production of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine in 1949; still photographs of this production exist, but no actual footage.
Filmography
UFO
7.681
Overview:
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.Wire Service
NYR
Overview:
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.The Human Jungle
8.2
Overview:
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.Justice
6
Overview:
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.Man in a Suitcase
7
Overview:
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.Sink the Bismarck!
6.8
Overview:
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.A Night to Remember
7.651
Overview:
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.The Stranger Came Home
5.125
Overview:
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.Twisted Nerve
6.809
Overview:
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.The Blood Beast Terror
5.5
Overview:
A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.Man in the Middle
6.4
Overview:
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.A Town Like Alice
6.3
Overview:
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.Robbery Under Arms
5.4
Overview:
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.Francis of Assisi
7.6
Overview:
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.H.M.S. Defiant
6.6
Overview:
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.Hell Is a City
6.6
Overview:
Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.Nobody Runs Forever
6.048
Overview:
Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.The Angry Silence
7.1
Overview:
When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.Scotland Yard
NYR
Overview:
Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of crime drama. Shot as cinema support features at the company’s Merton Park Studios in South Wimbledon, these half-hour thrillers – based on real-life cases from the vaults of London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters – were a successful regular feature in cinemas over nearly a decade from the early 1950s onwards. Like sister series Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard is introduced by celebrated writer and criminologist Edgar Lustgarten and presents case after intriguing case, with many solved onscreen by the redoubtable Inspector Duggan (played by Australian-born Russell Napier).The Saint's Return
5.6
Overview:
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.Stolen Face
5.6
Overview:
A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.The Shiralee
5.1
Overview:
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.Little Red Monkey
5.8
Overview:
Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who as fled the U.S.S.R. An attempt is made on Dushenko's life with a monkey's paw-print found at the scene.Conflict of Wings
6
Overview:
In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.Guilty?
6
Overview:
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.The Man in the Road
6.3
Overview:
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.Tread Softly Stranger
7.615
Overview:
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.A Time to Kill
6.5
Overview:
A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.36 Hours
5.9
Overview:
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.Acting
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Sir Harold Plant
1970UFO (1 Episode) as Dr. Green
1968Twisted Nerve as Professor Fuller
1968Nobody Runs Forever as Leeds
1968The Blood Beast Terror as Landlord
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Man in the Middle as Colonel Thompson
1963The Human Jungle (1 Episode) as Headmaster
1962The Hole In The Ground as Narrator
1962H.M.S. Defiant as Flag Captain
1961Stryker of the Yard (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1961Francis of Assisi as Brother Elias
1961The Mark as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1960Hell Is a City as Superintendent
1960The Angry Silence as Thompson
1960Sink the Bismarck! as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1958Son of Robin Hood as Squire Myles
1958Tread Softly Stranger as Potter
1958A Night to Remember as Capt. Stanley Lord
1957The Shiralee as Parker
1957Robbery Under Arms as Banker Green
1957Deep Dig as Unknown
1957The Case of The Smiling Widow as Inspector Duggan
1956Wire Service (1 Episode) as Admiral Habberfield
1956Destination Death as Inspector Duggan
1956The Last Man to Hang as Detective Sgt. Bolton
1956Guilty? as Inspector Hobson
1956The Man in the Road as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
1956A Town Like Alice as Jack Burns
1956The Narrowing Circle as Sir Henry Dimmock
1955The Blue Peter as Raymond Curtis
1955A Time to Kill as Inspector Simmons
1955Little Red Monkey as Supt. John Harrington
1955The Brain Machine as Insp. Durham
1954The Stranger Came Home as Insp. Treherne
1954Conflict of Wings as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
1954The Dark Stairway as Inspector Harmer
195336 Hours as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
1953The Saint's Return as Col. Stafford
1953Black Orchid as Inspector Markham
1953Scotland Yard (39, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Inspector Duggan
1952Stolen Face as Det. Cutler
1952Blind Man's Bluff as Stevens
1952Death of an Angel as Supt. Walshaw
1952The Boy Kumasenu as Narrator
1949The Time Machine as Unknown